I called a friend's cell phone to say I was running a bit late.. I was invited to their home for dinner that day

His dad, who was visiting from India, answered the phone.. and said "beta we are outside doing grocery shopping in K-Roger.. I will tell Rahul (his son, my friend)"

I said okay and hung up.. but wondered what store is K-Roger.. and then it struck me.

P.S. if you didn't get it I'm not explaining..

Krogger ? Fucking East Coast......

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Ya.. When I traveled first time to the west side I was like what is this Fry's store .. Looks a lot like Kroger .. Even my kroger card worked there.. Then i figured out they oprate with a different name there

looked up SFO.. apparently they have foodsco and quik stop in your area.

Never heard of foodsco either. Quik Stop I think is usually a convenience store attached to a gas station. Neither of them are mainstream grocery stores. I guess they haven't expanded in CA yet, or they've been driven out due to high taxes

Ya.. When I traveled first time to the west side I was like what is this Fry's store .. Looks a lot like Kroger .. Even my kroger card worked there.. Then i figured out they oprate with a different name there

Kroger is actually Ralphs in So Cal.

Coming to more incidents, this one in Shanghai circa 2003

Me and client persons were walkingto a place where you get lunch for 5-6 Yuan (8 yuan were 1 USD in those days). They used to order noodles with peanuts for me (sans the pork regular dish has)
On the way, i see one poor family sitting on the footpath. They see me and start begging.*

The Lady, who is the supervisor from client side is terribly embarrassed, first she tells me "No need to give". Then she shouts at those guys in chink. While, i did not understand a word, i could make out she was saying "Kyon Hamare Desh ki Izzat ka Faluda bana rahe ho". I thought of comforting her by saying that she would receive a similar treatment if she landed in India, but thought "She is never going to land, so let her remain embarassed'

* To give the context, in Shanghai, Desis are also Foreigners and receive treatment somewhat like Foreigners get in India, like people always try to sell you something (Mostly Fake Mont Blanc and Rolex - i picked up a Frolex for 100 Yuan) and the Beggars assume you to be more generous. I did enjoy being the 'Foreigner' for once.

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An offline conversation with a Desi lady with who i had started arguing quite a bit on con calls.

Lady - Why Do you hate me so much? i am so helpful
Me - That's not true.
Lady - You don't hate me ??
Me - No. You are not really helpful.

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Originally Posted by sarv_shaktimaan

.. btw, were you posting this in office funnies thread.

There was this desi lady who was super sweet and chatty on office instant messenger.. but whenever we met at her desk she was curt, would ignore my nod or hello when I ran into her. I wonder if she mistook me for somebody else.

Now, in a 2007 visit from Hyd to Kallu Pai's Gaon, the Korean American Account Manager asks me -
"What type of American food do you like Mexican, Italian or Thai?"
Me- "Is there no American American food?"

He laughs and we figure it it is only Mac, KFC, etc.

In any case, in one month we had a taste of the world including CHinese, Mongolian, English, Korean, Turkish, Mexican, Thai, English and Indian food.

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This is quite a game, politics. There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends,only permanent interests. - Some Firang

This is from the days when desi IT giants used the B-1 visa to cover for onsite employees going to India for month long vacations.

A new desi guy on his 1st onsite assignment was considering complaining about a Client Manager calling him dog. New guy was like he's our boss but that doesn't mean he can abuse us openly.

The Manager was a racist African American so would call all of us desis (non-white folks) as dawgs.. we had to explain to the new guy what it meant.

That's not racism.
Black ppl use that word to greet Ofcourse as a slang of word Buddy" used by whites.

Like....waadup daawg! They call their owns also like that. Actually they call their own Nigga too. Nigga is old now. And Daawg is getting older too. But its not racist.
Loosen up. Understand American slang and street language.